Atlas of nesting birds in Bulgaria

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Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

(Dendrocopos medius)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 12 000 - 20 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution in most of the country, more densely in the mountains, areas with lowland forests and...

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Marsh Warbler

Marsh Warbler

(Acrocephalus palustris)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 7 000 - 15 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution over a considerable part of the country's territory, mainly in the lowlands, but also in hilly and...

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Willow Tit

Willow Tit

(Parus montanus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 25 000 - 50 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, concentrated predominantly in the coniferous belt of the high mountains of the Rila-Rhodope Massif,...

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Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

(Accipiter nisus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 500 – 2 000 pairs Distribution pattern Dispersed and grouped throughout almost the entire territory of the country with the exception of some agricultural regions. More...

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Common Redshank

Common Redshank

(Tringa totanus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 15 - 35 pairs Distribution pattern With dispersed distribution, more grouped in the main breeding area of the species - the Burgas Wetlands, but single nesting sites are...

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Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

(Dryobates minor)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 7 500 – 12 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution over most of the country, more consistently in Eastern Bulgaria (the Black Sea coast,...

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Olivaceous Warbler

Olivaceous Warbler

(Hippolais pallida)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 6 000 - 12 000 pairs   Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution, more dense in South-eastern Bulgaria, along the Black Sea coast, the valleys of...

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Little Grebe

Little Grebe

(Tachybaptus ruficollis)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 800 – 1900 pairs Distribution pattern Found in all lowland and mountainous areas in the country with small wetlands overgrown with higher aquatic vegetation. The...

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Little Bittern

Little Bittern

(Ixobrychus minutus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 1 500 – 4 500 pairs Distribution pattern With a wide and relatively dense distribution along the Danube River and in the Danubian Plain, the Thracian Plain, along the...

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Sardinian Warbler

Sardinian Warbler

(Sylvia melanocephala)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 800 – 1 200 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, more compact in the Eastern Rhodopes and in the valleys of the rivers Struma and Mesta with the...

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Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

(Sylvia curruca)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 10 000 - 30 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, but not everywhere in the country – without the high mountain treeless zone. More densely mainly, in the...

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Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull

(Larus melanocephalus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 0 - 62 pairs Distribution pattern With isolated breeding sites at the Black Sea, coast depending on the existence of salt or hypersaline lakes, mainly at the...

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Marsh Tit

Marsh Tit

(Parus palustris)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 100 000 - 200 000 pairs Distribution pattern With a patchy distribution, covering more compactly the deciduous and mixed belt in most mountains (Rila-Rhodope Massif, Stara...

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Mistle Thrush

Mistle Thrush

(Turdus viscivorus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 80 000 – 120 000 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy distribution, covering the entire mountainous part of the country, including the lower mountains. With located in...

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Masked Shrike

Masked Shrike

(Lanius nubicus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 200 - 350 pairs Distribution pattern With patchy and dispersed distribution mainly in Sakar, the Eastern Rhodopes, and Western Strandzha and along the rivers Maritsa,...

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Mallard

Mallard

(Anas platyrhynchos)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2 500 – 6 000 pairs Distribution pattern The most common breeding duck species, with dense or more dispersed distribution all over the country with the exception of the...

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White-tailed eagle

White-tailed eagle

(Haliaeetus albicilla)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 43-60 pairs (2007: 30-50 pairs) Distribution pattern Breeds mainly on the Danube islands, the southeastern part of the country (mostly in the valleys of the...

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Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

(Charadrius alexandrinus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 33 - 85 pairs (2007: 120 - 150 pairs) Distribution pattern With isolated breeding sites along the Black Sea coast only – mainly in the Burgas Wetlands...

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Booted Eagle

Booted Eagle

(Hieraaetus pennatus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 400-550 pairs (2007: 140–200 pairs) Distribution pattern Patchy and dispersed distribution almost all over the country, in forested areas in the plains, in the...

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Lesser spotted eagle

Lesser spotted eagle

(Clanga pomarina)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 600 - 700 pairs (2007: 350 – 450 pairs) Distribution pattern With an uneven patchy distribution, most of the breeding population (70%) is concentrated in the...

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Pygmy Cormorant

Pygmy Cormorant

(Microcarbo pygmaeus) (Phalacrocorax pygmeus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 240- 945 pairs (2007: 350–500 pairs) Distribution pattern Colonial breeding species found in only 11 colonies. The breeding areas are...

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Little Egret

Little Egret

(Egretta garzetta)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 319 – 1 019 pairs (2007: 1 400 – 2 000 pairs) Distribution pattern Breeds on the islands in the Danube River and in different types of wetlands - lakes, swamps,...

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Montagu’s Harrier

Montagu’s Harrier

(Circus pygargus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 291-481 pairs (2007: 220-270 pairs) Distribution pattern Widespread and numerous breeding species in the Upper Thracian Plain. In the rest of the country very rare...

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Bearded Reedling

Bearded Reedling

(Panurus biarmicus)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 76-167 pairs (2007: 200-600 pairs) Distribution pattern With limited distribution, grouped mainly along the Black Sea coast (the Burgas wetlands, the Varna-Beloslav...

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Moustached Warbler

Moustached Warbler

(Acrocephalus melanopogon)Category of conservation concern (IUCN, 2020) - Least Concern Population size: 2020: 20-57 pairs (2007: 5-25 pairs) Distribution pattern With dispersed single sites, mainly along the Black Sea coast and the Danube River. Confirmed breeding...

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